“I know I tend toward miserabilism if caught in the wrong mood or when hungry, but I feel that it is asking for trouble to wait for other people to give you comfort in this world,” writes Nigella Lawson in Kitchen. This dish (adapted from which she calls Poached Chicken with Lardons and Lentils) “comforts and bolsters and makes the world feel a safe place.” (Lardons are small strips of cured pork fat.)

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